The Gratz household, in Piscataway, N.J., apparently was a jubilant place to be about 9 p.m. Friday.

It sure sounded jubilant, anyway.

When former UConn cornerback Dwayne Gratz answered the phone, he didn't say hello. He said, "'Heyyyyy!"

Just a few moments earlier, he learned that the Jacksonville Jaguars were about to make him the second pick of the third round, 64th overall in the 2013 draft.

Once Gratz's name was called, it cracked the floodgates for Huskies to seep through to the NFL. Two picks after Gratz, linebacker Sio Moore was taken by the Oakland Raiders.

Cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson, a Huskies captain for the past two seasons and team MVP in 2012, was picked 70th overall — the eighth pick of the third round — by the Tennessee Titans.

Gratz said of the Jaguars: "I like the way they want to play defense, very physical, which is the same way I like to play. I'm just really looking forward to it."

Surprisingly, it was the quiet, ball-hawking Gratz who became the first Husky selected after the first round (Thursday) and second round (earlier Friday) passed without a UConn player's hearing his name called.

Moore and Wreh-Wilson were believed to be solid fits at least somewhere in the second round. Like Gratz, they were just happy to hear their names called.

"I was relieved, very excited," said Gratz, who had eight career interceptions for the Huskies and was named a second team All Big East pick in 2012. "Just being able to be with my family and have them experience this, it's very exciting. People are excited here."

Sounded like it. Gratz is one of eight children.

Gratz worked out for Jacksonville individually in Storrs after UConn's Pro Day in March at which most of the 32 NFL teams were represented.

Gratz's mother, Wanda, has fibromyalgia, a common syndrome that causes pain throughout the body and tenderness in the joints, muscles, tendons and other soft tissue. She has not worked in about seven years.

Moore went two picks later to the Raiders at 66.

"I think they picked me up from the short bit of time that I got to be with them when I was at the Senior Bowl and they knew what it was. They knew I was the best linebacker there and they knew I could get it done and get it done the right way so I'm excited to go the Raiders and be with that group of guys."

One member of the group is former UConn safety Tyvon Branch, who is having an outstanding career in Oakland.

"I haven't talked to him yet," Moore said. "These phones have been ringing like crazy. I can't pick up the calls as they're coming in right now."

Moore, a first-team All Big East pick, said that when he heard his name called, the first thing he did was let out tears for his 84-year old grandmother, who passed away on Easter Sunday.

"I know she's happy right now. She's smiling. I know she is."

Wreh-Wilson was selected by the Titans with the 70th pick overall and the eighth pick of the third round.

While Gratz worked out for the Titans, Wreh-Wilson was supposed to, but he didn't —and they still took him.

"They were supposed to work me out as well but I ran my 40 [yard dash] at the Combine and actually canceled the workout and I talked to the defensive backs coach and he said they really wanted to work me out. He was at the Pro Day and I turned some heads at Pro Day, so obviously they liked what they saw. I don't know. I'm just so happy right now."

Wreh-Wilson, a second-team All Big East pick last season who had eight career interceptions, has only played organized football for six years. His first year was as a senior in high school. So he has come a long way in a short period of time.

He intends to follow the same formula that led to his success at UConn and, ultimately, a draft-day selection.

"I was the 135th-rated corner coming out of high school, to go to the Titans in the third round, I'm just sitting here saying I'm going to do the same things [to get this far]," Wreh-Wilson said. "I'm going to take this opportunity and help this team however I can. This is a dream come true."

"I didn't know what was going to happen, but I just started breaking down and just thought about everything that went on in my career. … I'm glad to see Dwayne and Sio get drafted."